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Mega Millions jackpot increases to $106 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $106 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $90 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were five second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from Massachusetts, 2 from New Jersey, 1 from New York and 1 from Virginia.. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.Also, 37 players matched four of the fi
Nov 10, 2004, 1:37 pm - Lottery News

Gas station clerk says he is being framed for lottery theftNews Story
A Milford, Massachusetts man accused of stealing $86,000 in scratch tickets from the Cochituate Road service station he worked at claimed yesterday he was being framed. Mohammad Tahir said a handwritten confession attributed to him was forged, and he was never shown a videotape that Exxon-Mobil security said they had of him stealing the books of lottery tickets over a several-month period. I think someone is trying to cover up something, said Tahir, 39, of 11 Luby Ave. I will get to the bot
Oct 28, 2004, 9:16 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Increases to $48 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $48 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday night's $40 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were three second-prize winners from Friday's drawing: 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from New York, and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.Also, 35 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, p
Oct 25, 2004, 8:24 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $32 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $32 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $25 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were nine second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 1 from Massachusetts, 2 from Michigan, 4 from New York, 1 from Ohio, and 1 from Virginia. Each winning ticket matched all five lotto numbers, but not the Mega Ball number, and won $175,000.Also, thirty players
Oct 18, 2004, 8:12 am - Lottery News

Settlement reached in Mass. scratch ticket disputeNews Story
After two years of squabbling over the ownership of a $4 million winning scratch ticket, the litigants embroiled in a lawsuit agreed to a settlement in an effort to avoid another civil trial.Julie Prive, a former clerk at an East Falmouth Tedeschi's convenience store, was sued by two customers, Raymond MacDonald and Monica Hertz, after she cashed in the scratch ticket in 2002.MacDonald, 65, and Hertz each claim they bought and scratched the winning ticket at the store, then gave it to Prive beli
Oct 8, 2004, 10:22 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Swells To $64 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $64 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $55 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were eight second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 1 from Illinois, 2 from Massachusetts, 1 from Michigan, 2 from New York, 1 from Ohio, and 1 from Texas. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.Also, 27 players
Sep 20, 2004, 8:54 am - Lottery News

Great-great-grandmother wins $5.6m lottery jackpotNews Story
Lottery winner plans to fix roof and help familyA 94-year-old great-great-grandmother from Everett, Massachusetts is thinking about fixing her leaky roof and maybe taking a cruise to someplace warm and sunny now that she's won $5.6 million in the state lottery, her great-granddaughter, Cynthia Smith, said yesterday.Louise Outing, who has lived in the same house since she was a child and became the matriarch of a family that includes seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and three great-gr
Sep 13, 2004, 8:10 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery reports $3.5 billion in salesNews Story
Popular scratch-off games and a record lottery jackpot propelled the Texas Lottery to its second-highest sales during fiscal year 2004.Unaudited sales figures of all products totaled nearly $3.5 billion in the fiscal year that ended Aug. 31. Fiscal year 1997 was the largest-ever sales year, with more than $3.7 billion worth of tickets sold. For years I've heard that the lottery's in trouble, the lottery's not delivering, said Reagan Greer, executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission. Th
Sep 11, 2004, 8:46 am - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery rolls out new gameNews Story
CASH Winfall To Replace 17-Year-Old Mass Millions GameIt's out with the old and in with the new at the Massachusetts Lottery.The lottery retired the 17-year-old Mass Millions game after Thursday night's drawing. Mass Millions will be replaced by the new $2 CASH WinFall game, which will be drawn Monday and Thursday nights.Over the course of its life, Mass Millions earned the lottery $1 billion, of which $543 million went to cities and towns. However sales of the tickets have been going down.Lot
Sep 10, 2004, 1:43 pm - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery to host 'retirement party' for Mass Millions gameNews Story
Treasurer Tim Cahill and Massachusetts State Lottery Director Joe Sullivan will mark the last drawing of the Lottery's Mass Millions game by throwing a retirement party for the game and by unveiling the Lottery's new numbers game.After 17 years, and over 1,000 drawings, Mass Millions is being retired. The game has paid out $898 million in jackpots, and has provided millions of dollars to the Commonwealth during its run.Unfortunately for the public, the Massacusetts Lottery invited only the ne
Sep 8, 2004, 2:13 pm - Lottery News